Our return to Dallas, Texas for the March 6th Unveiled Wedding Event was truly breathtaking as you watch the video produced by the amazing Shezad Manjee of Hakim Sons Films. Once again Shezad captured the essence of the show in it’s entire vision. A day of bridal eye candy and a wonderful wedding trunk show experience. From the beginning with the stunning bridal fashions by Stardust Celebrations to the ballroom dancers from Aurthur Murray kicking up their heels to Uptown Fever the new band from Emerald City Band to the most amazing displays for brides to view and talk with wedding experts. The energy and flow of the room matched the film and gives a true essence of actually being there. Our hats go off once again to Shezad Manjee and friends at Hakim Sons Films.
Downtown Fever
Appearing Live at Unveiled Wedding Event – Dallas, Texas
Saturday, March 6, 2010
DALLAS, Texas, March 1, 2010 - The Wedding Guys®, Matthew Trettel and Bruce Vassar producers of UNVEILED – THE Ultimate Wedding Planning Event are proud to announce Emerald City management’s new group Downtown Fever will be performing at the Unveiled Wedding Event taking place in Dallas, Texas on Saturday, March 6, 2010 at the Dallas Convention Center.
Downtown Fever is a high energy group of musicians who have a love for playing music that makes people want to get up and dance! If you’ve got the fever for Swing, Pop, Rock, Funk, Rap, Motown, R&B, Jazz and Top 40, this group definitely has the cure for those happy dancing feet. “We are thrilled to have this energetic group appear at our event,” said Bruce Vassar, co-founder of The Wedding Guys. ‘With their high energy and hip performance, they will fit in very well with the Unveiled Wedding Event.”
Unveiled offers couples an unprecedented resource, placing them in direct contact with outstanding wedding specialists. Trettel and Vassar set out to transform a rather non-descript 100,000 square foot exhibit space into a shopping atmosphere to inspire couples to create their dream wedding. It’s all about meeting the experts who are up on the hip-happening wedding and lifestyle trends for today’s couples. Downtown Fever is definitely a hip and happening group the brides are going to love! Downtown Fever will be performing in the Reception Rotunda where ballroom dancers from Arthur Murray will also be featured.
We had the distinct pleasure of working with Shezad Manjee of Hakim Sons Films in Dallas to create a wonderful film on the Unveiled Wedding Event experience. We have been thrilled by the response by brides as they have visited the Unveiled Wedding Event web site for the Dallas show on March 6th at the Dallas Convention Center. What great visuals and style to their filming and editing, brides would be so lucky to have Hakim Sons Films produce a wedding film!
Shezad is a mastermind when it comes to focus and vision for a film. To call it videography seems odd because it’s so much like watching a movie. People truly should see them work - true professionals, non-intrusive and brilliant!
One of The Wedding Guys favorite wedding gown designers Rani Totman of St. Pucchi, has graciously loaned them one of the two wedding gowns specially commissioned by Swarovski for the Unveiled Wedding Event on Saturday, March 6, 2010 at the Dallas Convention Center. The gown will be on display in an acrylic case in the Ceremony Experience. This gown was originally commissioned for the Swarovski Crystallized Wedding Showcase in New York City.
The St. Pucchi gowns are available with exclusive boutiques throughout North America, Russia, the Middle East, Japan, U.K and Ireland. Stardust Celebrations in Dallas, Texas is one of the select bridal salons in the United States who carry a very extensive collection by St. Pucchi. How very lucky for Texan Brides!
In keeping with Rani’s global roots, the award winning designer travels the world seeking the most sumptuous silks, exquisite laces, crystals and beads for her expertly hand crafted and opulent, signature gowns. Rich embellishments in the form of elaborate hand embroideries coupled with intricate pearl and crystal beading adorn the finest silks, creating dramatic gowns with depth and dimension. Soft swirls of tulle, flowing organza, luxurious Duchesse Silk Satin and Thai Silk are accented with jeweled appliqués, crystal embroidery, and hand cutwork motifs. Combined with tiered skirts, ruffles, pleats and bustles, each gown is fashioned to captivate the eye from every angle.
Don’t miss the opportunity to cast your eyes on this priceless amazing gown!
We are thrilled to announce that Unveiled - The Ultimate Wedding Planning Event has been nominated for two awards including Best Use of Marketing/Graphic Design and Best Public Event by the Minneapolis-St. Paul Chapter of ISES. The Star Award Entry was for the Unveiled Wedding Event that took place in Dallas on October 4, 2009.
The ISES Minnesota Star Awards began in 2004 as a way to provide event professionals in Minnesota with an opportunity to gain recognition for the fabulous events they create, plan, manage, and execute each year.
The Wedding Guys have previously received 5 ISES Minnesota Star Awards, including two for Best Public Event, one for Best Use of Marketing/Graphic Design, one for Best Design Decor and one for Best Team Effort
This year they also received 2 additional nominations for their 2009 Trend Wedding.
If the place to be on your vacation is a fabulous sun filled beach in Mexico or the Caribbean, don’t hesitate - step right up. For our national show tour: Unveiled Wedding Event, we have partnered with our BFF’s at Delta Vacations and WeddingWire for one amazing couple to win this fabuloso $4,000 Honeymoon package including air and hotel for 7 nights to any Mexico or Caribbean destination offered by Delta Vacations. You can register to win this amazing Honeymoon by attending the Unveiled Wedding Event on March 6th at the Dallas Convention Center, Dallas, Texas or on April 24th at the Georgia World Congress Center in Atlanta, Georgia. You can also go to www.unveiledweddingevent.com to register as well. I’m seeing a relaxing lounging honeymoon with umbrella drinks in your future! Aren’t you?
On Saturday, January 30, 2010 at 9:30AM CST as The Wedding Guys were featured in a segment to talk about Chandeliers and their amazing use for weddings. Whether the chandeliers are used to light the aisle for your dramatic entrance or hung from a tree in the evening with a glowing warmth in the sunset, chandeliers can enhance any wedding with a bright vision. If you want to take it a step further use them on your guest tables as centerpieces….just remember the bulbs do radiate warmth not only a glow at the table.
Weddings
By Tara Guerard
Photography By Liz Banfield
Finally a Wedding dream book that is approachable and actually applicable in reality.
Weddings – A new book featuring world-renowned wedding designer Tara Guerard of Soiree by Tara Guerard of Charleston, DC and New York City has just been released. All of the photography is by Liz Banfield of Minneapolis, Minnesota who is well known for photographing a number of weddings for Martha Stewart and whose work has been seen in Town & Country, InStyle, Conde Nast Publications and Southern Weddings. We had the pleasure of meeting Tara Guerard this week and reconnecting with Liz Banfield at the NACE luncheon and a wonderful book-signing event at the chic Monique Lhuillier Salon in Edina, MN.
Tara is a trend forward designer with meticulous detailing in her designs. Tara is very nice to point out what she likes and what she doesn’t like in today’s weddings and we honor her for her focus on creating not only a personal experience for the couple but also for the guests. What is very apparent with Tara’s designs is that she does not duplicate them so a couple truly has a wedding designed specifically for them.
The book Weddings by Tara Guerard is a stunning book that not only gives you pretty images to dream and fantasize about for your own wedding, but it also gives you images that you can actually incorporate into your own wedding. The pictures are stunning, the designs are amazing and above all Tara does not talk about how wonderful she is, she actually talks about how and why they did the design elements you are looking at. Thank You Tara for inspiring couples instead of just saying ‘look at my event wasn’t it beautiful’. Thank you so much!
To my surprise I loved when Tara gives recipes for hors d’ oeuvres and refreshments or tips on how to make a monogram for a door. So many things we do as wedding designers but forget how simple it can be for the DIY bride to accomplish if she feels very compelled to do so.
Liz Banfield our hat goes off to you for your amazing passion for capturing weddings in a true art form with such style and vision.
Brides and wedding professionals if you do not have a copy you better hurry!
